Drag toy



'Patented Feb. 24, 1 .931

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.My invention'relates to drag toys and more particularly to a drag toy which automaticalf 1y causes action to take place as it is moved; along upon the floor or other surface, as when 5 itis being pulled by means of a cord. n

One of the principalgobjects of my invention is to. producea drag toy in whichthe representationof an animal is caused tomake certain movements with ,means for causing an accelerated or surprise movement at a predetermined time; such action'bei'ng intermittently repeated as said toy is moved.

Another object of my invention is to provide in such a drag -toy,-.a second animal 15 or object adapted to be moved in -lconjunction wlth the accelerated movement of the first animal, whereby to relate the movement of the second animal or object to the acoeler ated movement of the first animal.

1 In order to explain my invention, Ihave il-' lustrated the same on the accompanying sheet of drawings in which I have used a dog as the first animal and a cat on a fence as the second animal or object. In the drawings,' '25 Figure 1 is a top plan View of a drag toy embodying my invention; Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View thereof, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Figure 3 is a sectional view through one of 30 ated movement to the animal.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 4 designatesa floor or platform, with a dog kennel or house 6 on the rear end thereof,'with rear axle 7 and rear wheels, 8, 8, and a front axle 9, and front wheels, 10, 10. The platform is preferably made of sheet metal with its edges 'turned down to form a surrounding flange 4, and the platform is shown provided with two parallel slots, 11, 11, extending longitudinal ly from the front end to a point in front of the dog house, substantially as I shown A sprocket chain 12, is placed around two small sprockets 13, 14, on the rear and front axles, whereby the movement of said toy on its wheels operates said endless sprocket chainin the direction of the'arrows associated therewith. Slidably mounted upon the platform 4, is a carrier plate or member 15, having its forward end turned down at opposite, sides, as

the spring motors for imparting an accelera D, andmov'es said plateand dog out to the 1 929. Serial n 344,202;

the rear sprocket13 and m'oves forwardly.

Mounted on the underside of the platform 4", at the rear,-are ltwospringmotors, 17, 17,

with cables 18, 18, wound therein and fattached at their outer ends to the front of the member 15, as indicated in light broken lines in Fig. 1. On said: plate ormember 15 is the on representation of a-dogD, moving'with said member. 7 p Mounted on the front end of said platform 4, is the representation ofa fence or structure 19, onwhich'lis the representation. of a cat 0, carried. atthe upper 'endjofa rod 20, ex-

tended down-through said-structure 19, and

bent to an angle 21, under said pl atformn4. ,A coiledspring- 22 is attached to the sideof the'platform, as at 23, and'to said angle 21,3"

substantially asshownto' normally hold said ,Cat in the position shown in full lines, 'A .rocker arm 24 connects at oneend to the end of said angle rod 21,'a:nd at its other end f to the end of a lower arm 25-, bent upwardly .to form abearing 26, with its upper end bent to an angle 27, and its end projecting at 28 into the slot 11,-in positionto be engaged and moved by the frontend of the member 15 when it reaches that forward 7*" position. This operates tomove the connected' arms or rods21, 24, 25 and 27 in the directionsindicated by the little arrows in Fig. 1, and thusimoving the cat around to the position indicated in light broken lines in Fig.2. A pull cord 29 is attached to the gorward end of the toy for moving iton the oor. I I r The operation may be briefly described as follows. r

As the toy is moved forwardly, the sprocket chain 12 is moved until the cross pin 16 carried thereby engagesthe depending ends 15 of the plate or member 15,, carrying the dog positionindicated in light broken lines in Fig, 2,'at the same timefplacing the spring motors 17, 17, under tension asthe cables 18, are, withdrawn. As the pin 16,011 the chain turns-down around'the forward sprocketv 14, g

the pin moves down from behind the depend- 1ng ends thereby releasing the carrier 7 plate 15, whereupon the dog is carried back tions above mentioned,'has moved-thecat to as the toy is moved forwardly. r

the final forwardmovement'ofsaid first animal representation to cause the "independent operating connections from .s'aidtoy carry-' p I I I -bemg connected with means for intermittent;

may be limited the dotted line position. This movement of the cat is timed to take place just as the.

dog is released and jumps'back intohiskem nel. This action 1s lntermlttently repeated Iam aware thatchangescan be made in the construction and-arrangement here shown for" descriptive purposes, and I do not limit my invention; to this showi g, "except as I 'by the hereto appended claims. a

I claim; i Y I 1. In a drag toy,a body "mountedto be "moved, an animal representation movably mounted 'on'said body; operating connections for intermittentl movin said animal"re i y A l 'resentation uniformly al'ongsaid body as said body is movedupon the floo a second animal representation movably supported in front of said first animal representation, and

independentlymovable means operated by movement of *the second animal representa tion, and means for causingan independent accelerated return movement of said first animal representation; I

2. In a device otthe character referred to, a body movable -on fioor,- a plurality of animal'representations movably mounted on said body, operating connections for impart-f ing separate'movements to said fa'nimal representations'on said" body as said body is moved upon the floor, means for causing an accelerated 'return' movement of one 7 of said animal representations at a predetermined time during its regular'movementl'and means operated by the final forward movement of said first animal representation for causingan attacking movement of anotherof said animal representations immediately preceding the accelerated return movement ofthe one animal representatlon, whereby themove ment of said other ammal representation ap-" pears to be the cause of the'accelerated return 'movement of the one.

3. In a drag toy, a body movable on Wheels, a dog house thereon, a dog representation therein,' means'for moving the dog out of said dog house,fa cat representation movably mountedout in front of said'dog house ing mechanismfor moving said catrepresen movement of said dog out of said dog house, and means for causing an accelerated move ment of said dog back into said dog house as said cat representation moves. a t. A drag toy comprising in combination a body mounted to move on wheels, an animal representation movably mounted on said body, operating connections for moving said animal representationalong said body as said body is moved on the floor, means connected Withsaid animal"representation put under tension as said animal representation is moved on said body for returning the same quickly, releasing means for releasing said animal representation at the limit of its regula r moven'ienn whereby anacceleratedreturn f movement of said animal 1-ep 1-esentatio'n is caused to take place; and 'an'an'dependent imovable object mountedto be more quickly movedby the mechanism moving said-animal" -'re1' 'resentation as thelatterreache's 'the limit "of its forward movement, whereby the movement of said object represents the cause'of an accelerated return movement ofsaid animal representation.

5'. In af d'rag toy, in combination, a-bod'y on Wheels, adoghouse, a dog'in's'aid house, a structure i i'ron't of said house on said body, a cat on'said structurerotatably supported P operated'by the movementofsaid'toy' body 'tor'in'oving' said dog out of said dog lI OUSQ towardsaid structure, means operated by the movement ofsaid'toy forturning said cat on. said structure, an meansffoi' causing an"accelerated return movement of said dog i into said dog house as saidcat'moveson'said structure.

6; In a toy, a Wheeled structure to move on i the floor, an animalrepresentation movably mounted on said structure; operatmg'connec tions from the Wheels to said animalrepre- "sentation for moving" it on said" structure, meansf'connected' with said al'iir'nal representation adapted to be put-under tension for 're:

turning ifi q y as Said animal representa tion is moved,-means for releasingsaid animal representation atathe endofits 'i'orward movement whereby to permit an accelerated "return movement of said animaljrepresenta tion to'its starting position'fanindependent" second movable object on said stru'oturecon- "nected to be intermittently movedduringthe movement forward of said animal r'ep'r'esentation, whereby themovenient of 's'ai'dobject of said animal re resentation; and means for movmg sald toy.

is related to the accelerated return movement animals mounted to be moved relative'to each T ly moving it uniformly inone' direction for a County, California, this 28th day of Februpredetermined distance with means for interary,1929. V

WINFRED P. SHEPHERD. 

